Bored with self quarantine? Yearning for the fresh outdoors of a national park / national monument / national recreation area? You may (or may not) need to bide your time a little longer, so in the meantime, why not test your public lands knowledge on this month's Quiz #5.

Sequoia Parks Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner to Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, has received a $250,000 grant from The Dorrance Family Foundation for use in helping with recovery of endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs in the two parks.

Thanksgiving week brought a lot of snow to much of the country. I returned home to find 8-9 inches of the white stuff in the yard, and a decided chill (low teens) in the air. All of which naturally got me thinking about how to enjoy the winter months in the cold weather side of the National Park System. If you’re looking to enjoy parks chilled and blanketed by winter, here are some destinations to consider.

If you're near Sequoia National Park in mid-December, consider dropping by the park on December 14 to help count birds.